OBITUARIES
Joanne M. Ford
Aug 30, 2017
Joanne M. Ford, 82 of Elmore, OH died Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born June 25, 1935 in Gibsonburg, OH to the late Herbert and Vada (Damschroder) Zorn. She was a 1953 graduate of Gibsonburg High School. On June 25, 1954 she married Jimmie A. "Jim" Ford who preceded her in...
Mary Ellen Ceccoli-Sams
Aug 30, 2017
Mary Ellen (Milliser) Ceccoli-Sams November 14, 1923 August 30, 2017 Mary Ellen "Honey" Ceccoli-Sams passed away peacefully in her home with her son and his wife by her side. She was a lifelong resident of Port Clinton. She was the eldest child of Dwight and Kathryn (French) Milliser. She was a graduate of Port Clinton High School Class of...
Robert J. "Socko" Szakovits
Aug 27, 2017
Robert J. "Socko" Szakovits, 78, of Oak Harbor, OH passed away on August 27, 2017 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio. He was born July 26, 1939, the son of the late Joseph and Mary (Srodek) Szakovits. Bob was a 1957 Oak Harbor High School graduate where he lettered in football, basketball and track. He attended Indiana University and Bowling...
Mary F. Goebel
Aug 26, 2017
Mary K. Goebel, 88, of Lakeside-Marblehead, OH died Saturday, August 26, 2017 at her residence. She was born April 28, 1929 in Monroe, MI the daughter of Sam and Paulene (Marino) Morelli. She married Duane L. Goebel on Nov. 7, 1953 and he preceded her in death on August 2, 2015. Mrs. Goebel graduated as a RN in 1950....
Stanley J. Snider, Sr.
Aug 26, 2017
Stanley J. Snider, Sr. 54, of Put-in-Bay and formerly of Troy, OH passed away the afternoon of August 26, 2017 after his battle with cancer and complications from surgery. He was born December 10, 1962, the son of Larry L and Ruth Ann (Hill) Snider. He married Margaret "Marge" Wertenbach on April 17, 2009 and she survives. He worked...
Caroline F. Burr
Aug 25, 2017
CAROLINE (ROHDE) BURR January 31, 1927 August 25, 2017 Caroline Frances (Rohde) Burr, 90, of Port Clinton, at the home of her daughter, peacefully slipped into God's waiting arms on August 25, 2017, holding the hands of both of her daughters. She was born on January 31, 1927, in Gypsum, Ohio to William and Geraldine (Miller) Rohde. Caroline attended...
Noreen A. Sandwisch
Aug 25, 2017
Noreen A. Sandwisch, 81, of Oak Harbor, OH died Friday, August 25, 2017 at Riverview Health Care Campus, Oak Harbor, OH. She was born June 29, 1936, the daughter of Melville and Gladys (Cover) Wadsworth. She married Gordon Sandwisch on March 17, 1956 and he survives. Mrs. Sandwisch retired from Magruder Hospital where she started as a nurse's aide...
Carol Jeanne Covey
Aug 24, 2017
Carole Jeanne Covey, 79, of Danbury Township, Ohio passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2017 at the Jane Baker House at Otterbein North Shore Senior Lifestyle Community, Lakeside, Ohio. She was born on April 22, 1938 in Wood County, Ohio the daughter of the late Joseph and Gladys (Scott) Mahler. She married William Covey on August 26, 1961 and...
Beatrice Moen Walker
Aug 24, 2017
Mrs. Beatrice Moen Walker, age 88, of Marblehead, died Thursday, August 24, 2017. She was the daughter of Alfred and Viola (Violet) Moen. Bea's mother died when Bea was six years old. Bea's father was a station agent for the Northern Pacific Railway in northern Minnesota. The family lived in the agent's apartment in the train depot. Bea graduated...
Doris H. Fought
Aug 18, 2017
Doris H. Fought, 98, of Oak Harbor, Ohio, passed away Friday, August 18, 2017 at Riverview Health Care Campus, Oak Harbor. She was born in Sandusky County on April 2, 1919, the daughter of the late Henry H. & Martha Mary (Haidt) Bender. Doris was a cashier for many years at the former Family Food Market in Oak Harbor,...
Elaine Hendricks
Aug 15, 2017
E. Elaine Hendricks, 93, of Port Clinton, OH died Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at The Chalet at Ohio Living Vineyard on Catawba. She was born July 9, 1924 in Arcadia, OH the daughter of Irvin and Sylvia (Hoffman) Semler. She was a graduate of Arcadia High School. She married Paul E. Hendricks on July 21, 1946 and after 65...
Donald J. Shiets
Aug 14, 2017
Donald J. Shiets, 89, of Oak Harbor, OH, died Monday, August 14, 2017 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg, OH. He was born in Fremont, OH on March 6, 1928, a son of the late Joseph & Loretta (Giebel) Shiets. Don was a 1946 graduate of St. Joseph High School, Fremont. He was a retired employee of the former...
Jerry T. Wilburn
Aug 10, 2017
Jerry T. Wilburn, 67, of Port Clinton, Ohio passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at his home surrounded by people who loved him. He was born on December 30, 1949 in Port Clinton, the son of the late Bill and Marie (Mullens) Wilburn. He married Marie Cousino on July 2, 1996 and she survives. Jerry served in the...
Milton R. Long, Sr.
Aug 10, 2017
Milton (Butch) Long, 100 and 24 days , died quietly August 10 at Edgewood Manor Nursing Care. His century of life was populated by a love of walnut trees, Camp Perry, history, all things Lake Erie, St. John's Lutheran (Port Clinton), reading, his farm in Bay Township and his children Milt, Jr. (Sandra) of Norfolk, Virginia, and Deb Long...
Beatrice Maly
Aug 7, 2017
Beatrice (Podolski) Maly, born October 13, 1920 died in her home in North Royalton on August 7, 2017. She is survived by her daughter: Judith (Albert) Stoss; granddaughter: Kim (Richard) Fix; grandson: Robert (Michelle) Stoss; great-grandchildren: Brittany (Emile) Lowe, Rebecca Fix, Tyler Fix, Ella Stoss and Aubrey Stoss; great-great-grandchildren: Holidae, Harmony and Iris Lowe. She was preceded in death...
Norine E. Krumnow
Aug 5, 2017
Norine E. Krumnow, 78, of Genoa, OH, died Saturday at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg, OH. She was born in Port Clinton, Ohio on February 26, 1939, a daughter of the late Orville A. & Orla V. (Klink) Taylor. Norine was a 1957 graduate of Port Clinton High School and was a member of Bethel United Brethren Church, Elmore,...
Edward A. Cochenour
Aug 4, 2017
Edward A. Cochenour, 60, of Danbury Township, died Friday, August 4, 2017 at University of Michigan Medical Center. He was born April 4, 1957 in Newark, OH the son of Hubert and Ruth (Harris) Cochenour. He married Veronica Snyder on September 15, 1984 and she survives. He worked for South Shore Transportation in the safety department for 31 Years....
Barbara J. "Barbie" Redfern
Aug 3, 2017
Barbara J. "Barbie" Redfern, 18 of Oak Harbor, OH died due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident Thursday, August 3, 2017 in Oak Harbor. She was born December 29, 1998 in Toledo, OH to Peter Redfern and Ann Goode. She was a 2017 graduate of Oak Harbor High School where she was the News Reporter for the Future...
Henry M. "Hank" Willson
Aug 3, 2017
Henry M. "Hank" Willson, 91, of Port Clinton, OH died August 3, 2017 at Otterbein North Shore, Lakeside, OH. He was born March 14, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio the son of Richard Bennett and Charlotte Harriet (Mencken) Willson. He married Mary C. Cullen on October 22, 1948 and she survives. Mr. Willson served in the Merchant Marines during World...
Gladys Nadine Mcmurray
Aug 3, 2017
Gladys Nadine McMurray, 89, of Lakeside-Marblehead, Ohio passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at Admiral's Point Nursing Center in Huron, Ohio. She was born on October 18, 1927 in Yokum Station, Virginia, the daughter of the late Newton Roscoe Holmes and Emma Lee (Necessary) Holmes-Fleenor. On December 18, 1948 she married...
